Accurate assessment of myocardial recovery (MR) under left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support is essential for clinicians to manage heart failure patients. However, current techniques for assessing MR are time-c...
Accurate assessment of myocardial recovery (MR) under left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support is essential for clinicians to manage heart failure patients. However, current techniques for assessing MR are time-consuming, invasive, and infrequent. Measuring MR using indices derived from LVAD operating data instead provides a potential real-time alternative. Several of these indices for assessing the MR of LVAD-supported heart failure patients were collated from the literature and subject to a comprehensive comparative analysis. The objective of this analysis was to determine the most accurate index for assessing systolic cardiac function under LVAD-support, characterized by maximal end-systolic elastance (E max ), while remaining insensitive to preload & afterload. The indices were compared in computational simulation, utilizing an LVAD + cardiovascular system model to sweep through a large array of E max and resistance conditions. Results demonstrated the index that correlated best with E max , showing the highest accuracy, was the ratio between maximum flow acceleration and flow pulsatility (average R 2 =0.9790). The same index also exhibited the lowest % variation (sensitivity) to preload & afterload (1.32% & 13.53% respectively). However, opportunities for improvement remain among current recovery assessment indices, with this study providing a baseline of performance for potential future indices to improve *** relevance— This study presents a potential real-time measure of native cardiac function in LVAD-supported heart failure patients to support patient management and further recovery.
Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells(MSCs)have demonstrated therapeutic efficacy for bone regeneration in animal and clinical *** MSCs were initially thought to differentiate to various cell types to replace the injured/dis...
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Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells(MSCs)have demonstrated therapeutic efficacy for bone regeneration in animal and clinical *** MSCs were initially thought to differentiate to various cell types to replace the injured/diseased tissue,it is now accepted that these cells secrete factors to promote tissue repair.1 Among these factors,small extracellular vesicles(sEVs)of size 50–200 nm,which include the exosomes,have been identified as the principal agent mediating the wide-ranging therapeutic efficacy of MSCs.2 Several studies have also reported the therapeutic effects of MSC-sEVs to enhance bone repair in animal models,as recently reviewed.3 However,the cellular processes and mechanisms mediated by MSC-sEVs in bone regeneration remain to be fully elucidated.
The complex mechanism of degenerative diseases and the non-specific modulation of regenerative targets aretopics that need to be elucidated in order to advance the use of stem cells in improvement of neurodegenerative...
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The complex mechanism of degenerative diseases and the non-specific modulation of regenerative targets aretopics that need to be elucidated in order to advance the use of stem cells in improvement of neurodegenerative *** pre-transplantation through post-transplantation, there are many changes in the conditions, both inside andoutside of the stem cells that have not been carefully considered. This has hindered development in the field of celltherapy and regeneration. This viewpoint highlights the potential implications of intracellular and extracellularalterations of stem cells in transplanted areas at risk of neurodegenerative disease.
Nowadays, industrial processes are creating increasing demands for optimized and efficient sensing systems and require high reliability and a short time interval for information delivery. This paper presents an embedd...
Nowadays, industrial processes are creating increasing demands for optimized and efficient sensing systems and require high reliability and a short time interval for information delivery. This paper presents an embedded sensor system that uses the ESP-NOW protocol with a Mesh and Ad Hoc network, in order to provide an auto mesh configuration upon failure at some point in the network. This system was implemented to monitor the variables of an induction motor, after which, before sending the data to the cloud, local processing is performed to reduce the volume of data. Finally, a computer simulation of the WROOM-32 module is performed for a thermal analysis during its operation, where the heating points of the plate are identified and analyzed, in order to validate that the system, even processing a large amount of data, maintains a high reliability during its operation.
This project presents the development of a methodology for validating competencies and skills associated with the safe use of biomedical technology for healthcare personnel at the University Hospital Fundación Va...
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The spectra and photophysical parameters of DNA molecules under visible light illumination of different wavelengths are measured for the first time, which may lead to a new label-free super-resolution imaging techniqu...
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This study introduced a capacitive sensing interactive game platform aimed at promoting emotional stability, which we have named the 'Sunrise and Sunset' game. This game primarily consists of two pieces of reg...
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Stroke is one of the cerebrovascular health disorders caused by a blockage of blood flow to the brain. Data from South East Asian Medical Information Center (SEAMIC) explain that the most significant stroke mortality ...
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Background: To evaluate the effect of the weighting of input imaging combo and ADC threshold on the performance of the U-Net and to find an optimized input imaging combo and ADC threshold in segmenting acute ischemic ...
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Colombian sign language (CSL) have shown different advances to automatize the translation and communication between deaf or disabling hearing people and speakers. However, these current efforts are oriented on classif...
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